--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > So you don't think any of MMY's teaching about > > > the nature of realization is accurate or useful > > > from the vantage point of ignorance? > > > > No, I don't, particularly. Rather, at a certain point it appears to > > allow one to more or less happily remain in ignorance, locked into a > > conceptual framework of other-than-now and a belief in fully > > automatic, painless, effortless, mythical enlightenment "by-and- by," > > measuring oneself by our ideas of criteria set by others, not by > > those actual criteria honestly set by oneself. In other words, seen > > from one vantage point it appears to be truly magnificent at keeping > > many people asleep. While the description of the states of > > consciousness is stunningly beautiful, even this at best is a > > conceptual fairy-tale :-) > > Never been said better. Thank you.
It may be a fairy tale, but there are plenty of people who have bought into this limiting story who still report 24/7 witnessing for years at a time. There have been studies published in scientific journals on them. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
